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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe Ambaſſadours paſſing foorth on theyr iourney, at their approching vnto Camelon, cer|taine ſergeants at armes met them,Ambaſſadours are not recey|ued. and did for|bid them to enter the citie: alſo they further cõ|maunded them in name of Feredeth their king to auoyde out of the confines of his dominion within foure dayes ſpace, vpon pain of death.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Ambaſſadors being terrified with ſuche maner of inhibitions, they went no further:Warre is pro|nounced vnto the Pictes. but yet according as they had in commiſſion, they pronoũced the warre in the name of Alpine and Dongal, requiring thoſe that thus came to meet them, to giue ſignification therof vnto their mai|ſter Feredeth, and to the whole Pictiſhe nation: and ſo returned home the ſame way they came.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then did the Scottiſhe Lordes repaire vnto Dongall, who the ſame tyme laye in Carryke caſtell, and there taking counſell for the mayn|tenance of theſe warres, not one was founde a|mongeſt them which offered not to ſpende both lyfe, landes, and goodes in Alpines ryghtuous quarell.

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